Transcript The Preterite of –ar verbs

The Preterite of –ar verbs
HAZLO AHORA:
WHAT DOES IS
MEAN TO
CONJUGATE?
English Grammar Connection
 Tense refers to when an action takes place.
 Many verbs are spelled differently in the past tense
than they are in the present tense. For regular verbs,
the endings change.
Examples:
He talks. Juan habla.
He talked. Juan habló.
Preterite of –ar verbs
 The preterite tense in Spanish tells what happened
at a particular moment in the past.
 How do you form the preterite form of –ar verbs?
Here’s how…
Conjugando verbos
 After dropping the infinitive verb ending, you are left with
the verb stem.
 Hablar
 Habl -ar (infinitive verb ending)
 Habl- (verb stem)
 So then, you add the verb endings according to the person
that you’re talking about/to
Conjugando verbos que terminan con -ar
Yo (I)
Stem + é
Tú (you-informal)
Stem + aste
El (he), Ella (she),
Usted (you-formal)
Nosotros/Nosotras
(We)
Vosotros/Vosotras
(You all-Informal)
Ellos, Ellas (They),
Ustedes (you guys)
Stem + ó
Stem + amos
Stem + asteis
Stem + aron
Preterite of –ar verbs
 Like present-tense verbs, you form the preterite
tense of regular verbs by adding tense endings to the
verb stem.
Hablar
To speak/talk
yo hablé
nosotros(as) hablamos
tú hablaste
vosotros/as hablasteis
usted/él/ella
habló
ustedes/ellos/ellas
hablaron
Examples
 Here are some examples with preterite verbs…
Durante las vacaciones, yo monté a caballo, mi
mamá visitó un museo y a mis hermanos nadaron.
During vacation, I went horseback riding, my
mom visited a museum, and my brothers went
swimming.
Nosotros Form
 The nosotros ending in the preterite tense is the
same as in the present tense.
 Look for clues in the sentence to help you determine
whether the verb is in the present or the past tense.
Example: Acampamos anoche en el parque.
We camped last night in the park.
 The word anoche tells you that the verb
acampamos is in the preterite tense, not the
present.
Practice
Conjugate the following verbs in the preterite!
1. Yo (acampar)
2. Ellos (visitar un museo)
3. Ella (tomar fotos)
4. Tú (mandar tarjetas postales)
5. Nosotros (tomar fotos)
6. Vosotros (acampar)
Practice
Tell who did the following activities…
1. Yo / montar a caballo
2. Nosotros / viajar a la playa
3. Ellos / acampar
4. Gaby / tomar fotos
5. Tú / mandar tarjetas postales
6. Gaby y Alejandro / hablar
7. Nosotras / escuchar música
8. Mamá / comprar recuerdos
9. Mi amiga y yo / regatear
10. Tú / visitar el mercado
Practice
Complete the postcard with the correct form of the
underlined verbs.
Hola, Andrea.
Me encanta Playa Hermosa, Costa Rica.
Anteayer, nosotros caminar en las montañas. Papá les
mandar unas tarjetas postales a sus amigos. Mamá y
Sandra montar al caballo. Yo tomar muchas fotos.
Ayer, mi familia y yo visitar un museo. Qué aburrido!
¿Tú visitar un museo durante las vacaciones? Prefiero
ir a pescar.
Tu amigo, Alejandro
Guided Practice/Independent
Practice
WORK ON THE WORKSHEET ALONE, WITH A
PARTNER, OR IN A GROUP.
*IF YOU FINISH EARLY, PRACTICE WRITING
SENTENCES WITH EACH PRONOUN AND THE
VERBS “ESTUDIAR”, “ENSENAR”, AND
“HABLAR”